It happened today, the almanac of the day: the historical and political facts, who was born and who left us. What happened on May 3rd
1241 – Tyrrhenian Sea: in front of the island of Giglio the fleets of Frederick II and that of Pisa attack the ships of Genoa carrying prelates headed to the council called by Pope Gregory IX, capturing them
1497 – Consecration of the Certosa di Pavia
1512 – Rome, beginning of the Fifth Lateran Ecumenical Council
1791 – The Polish Diet proclaims the Constitution of May 3 (first modern constitution in Europe, second in the world)
1808 – Spain: revolt in Madrid against the occupation of Napoleon Bonaparte, the massacres of the people by the French will inspire the paintings of Francisco Goya, including the canvas May 3, 1808
Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg, which is conquered by Russia
1810 – Lord Byron swims in the Hellespont
1815 – Austro-Neapolitan War: the Austrian army defeats the troops of the Kingdom of Naples commanded by Gioacchino Murat in the battle of Tolentino.
1860 – Charles XV of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden
1867 – The Hudson’s Bay Company renounces all claims to Vancouver Island
1912 – The first victims of the Titanic are buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia
1916 – The leaders of the Easter Rising are executed in Dublin
1923 – Jacopo Gasparini (1879 – 1941) is elected Governor of Eritrea. He will remain in office until 1928
1933 – Nellie Taylor Ross becomes the first woman to run the United States Mint
1937 – Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize
1939 – Stalin appoints Molotov as Foreign Minister
1941 – After the intervention of German troops, Greece surrenders to Italy
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1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins its work in Tokyo, against 28 representatives of the Japanese army and government, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity
1947 – Japan’s new post-war Constitution takes effect
1951 – Opening of the Royal Festival Hall in London
Jōsei Toda becomes the second President of the Soka Gakkai
1952 – US lieutenant colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict land a plane on the geographic North Pole
1956 – First edition of the Jūdō world championships
1960 – Daisaku Ikeda becomes the third President of the Soka Gakkai
1968 – Paris, first police charges against protesting students: it is the beginning of the French May
1970 – Saint Leonard Murialdo is proclaimed a saint by Pope Paul VI
1979 – United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher is appointed Prime Minister
1982 – In Poland, Warsaw and other cities, Solidarity demonstrations clash with the police
Falklands War: Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit and sunk by an Exocet missile
1991 – The Windhoek Declaration is signed
The last episode of the soap opera Dallas is broadcast
1998 – At 00.08 Jacques Chirac and Helmut Kohl sign the agreement on the appointment of the president of the European Central Bank: it is the birth of the euro. Provisionally it is worth 1936.27 Italian lire
2002 – The euro becomes the official currency of the countries of the European Monetary Union
2005 – After 35 years, the Court of Cassation acquits all the defendants in the Piazza Fontana massacre and orders the relatives of the victims and the civil parties to pay the legal costs.
2018 – The Academy Awards expels actor Bill Cosby and director Roman Polański following allegations made against them
For the first time since 1983, the Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii awakens
Parties and anniversaries
International:
World Asthma Day
UNESCO – World Press Freedom Day
Nationals:
Japan – Constitution Day (national holiday)
Poland – Constitutional Charter Day on May 3rd (national holiday)
Born today May 3rd
James Brown (1933)
Debora Caprioglio (1968)
Gino Cervi (1901)
Elodie Di Patrizi (1990)
Umberto Galimberti (1942)
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469)
Massimo Ranieri (1951)
Dario Vergassola (1957)
Deaths today May 3rd
Francesco Algarotti (1764)
Dalida (1987)
